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Song title:      Bad Company
Original Album:	 Bad Company

Words and Music by Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke
Copyright © 1974 Island Records (UK) and Swansong (US)
Published by Universal Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
Am  577555
C   x35553
Dm  x57765


[play: 4/4| Am C  Dm |]  [x4]




VERSE1:
Chords:
Am    577555    Csus4 x35563
C     x35553    C/D   xx0553
Dm    x57765


| Am  C   Dm  | Csus4 C          | Dm
  Com-pan-y,    al  - ways on the  run


| Am  C  Dm | Csus4 C            | Dm | % | Am C   Dm|
  Des-ti-ny,  oooh, is the rising  sun       Oh-oh-oh


|| Am C   Dm  | Csus4 C  | Am C  Dm
  I  was born,  six - gun  in my hand

   | Am   C   Dm    | Csus4 C  Am C  | Dm | C/D | Dm |
Be - hind the gun, I  make  my fi-nal  stand

| Dm
     That’s why they call me...




CHORUS1:
Chords:
C  x32010 or x35553    Dm xx0231 or x57765
G  320033 or 355433    F  x33211 or 133211


4/4| C | G | Dm | % | F | G | Dm | 


| C           | G                  | Dm | % |
    Bad compa - ny, oh, I can’t de - ny

| F              | G               | Dm C/D | Dm |
  Bad, bad compa - ny 'til the day I die,

             | Dm C/D | Dm |
'til the day I die,

| Am      C    | Dm | Dm  Am C | Dm |
 'til the day I  die




VERSE2:
Chords:
Am    577555    Csus4 x35563
C     x35553    C/D   xx0553
Dm    x57765


| Am C   Dm        | Csus4 C   | Am C   Dm
  Re-bel souls, de - ser - ters  we are called

| Am    C Dm      | Csus4 C Am  C | Dm | C/D   Am C | Dm |
  Chose a gun, and  threw a-way the sun

| Am  C     Dm    | Csus4 C   Am   C  | Dm
  All these towns,  they  all know our  name

| Am  | C   Dm    Csus4 C      Am    C | Dm | C/D   Am C | Dm |
  Six - gun sound       is our claim to fame

     | Dm
I can  hear them saying...



[repeat CHORUS]



| Am      C  | Dm |
  Ooh ooh ooh  ooh



[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:]
Chords:
Fadd9  xx3213 or xx5565
C/E    032010 or x7555x
C      x32010 or x35553
C/G    332010 or 335553


[play: 4/4| Dm C |]

          | Fadd9 C/E  C | C/G   Fadd9 C/E |]




[Guitar SOLO over these chords:]

4/4| Dm | % | % | Dm   Am C |
   | Dm | Dm C |

   | Fadd9 C/E   C | C/G   Fadd9 C/E |
   | Dm | C/D | Dm | Dm F |




CHORUS2:
Chords:
C  x32010 or x35553    C/D xx0553
G  320033 or 355433    F   x33211 or 133211
Dm xx0231 or x57765


| C           | G                  | Dm C/D | Dm |
    Bad compa - ny, oh, I can’t de - ny

| F                | G               | Dm C/D | Dm C/D | Dm C/D | Dm F |
    Bad, bad compa - ny 'til the day I die                             I say...




CHORUS3:
Chords:
C  x32010 or x35553    C/D xx0553
G  320033 or 355433    F   x33211 or 133211
Dm xx0231 or x57765


| C                | G           | Dm   C/D | Dm  F |
    It’s bad compa - ny, oh, yeah, yeah

| G           | F               | Dm   C/D | Dm C/D | Dm |
    Bad compa - ny 'til the day I die                 Oh oh




OUTRO:

[play: 4/4| Dm C/D | Dm | Dm C/D | Dm |]  [x2]


[repeat and fade w/ ad lib vocals]